The perils of prior-art (Five Elements)

I’m sitting in a friend’s office, talking about book-production and enterprise-architecture. Whilst he’s struggling with his recalcitrant computer, my eyes drift to a Wikipedia page pinned on the wall just beyond his head. ‘Galbright_star_model.png‘, says the label. A five-pointed star, apparently describing some kind of business-related concepts. Interested. Look at it again, notice the word […]

Takeaways from the Elite User Conference

At the Elite User Conference — both on the exhibit hall floor and in the sessions — the discussions surrounded the many challenges facing law firms today, including risk management, conflict processing, and new business intake, as well as the various solutions developed by Elite and its partners. The need for automation and integration was paramount […]

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Active Information: Data-Driven Business Innovation

My post this week on HP Input Output is Data-Driven Business Innovation: That’s Progressive.  The post highlights a cool use of data collection and analysis by Progressive Insurance.

I say “cool” confidently, because when I recounted the scenario to my friend Sandy Kemsley this morning, she said “that is cool”.

Check it out.

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The happy people business

Basically I’ve been schooled as a questions man. It has been driven into the core of my personality since the dawn of my mind, so thorough has the impact been that now I firmly believe that the question is more important than the answer. Crafting a good question is an iterative process that can take […]

Types of Requirements

Definition of a RequirementA Requirement is a measurable expression of what a customer wants and for which the customer is willing to pay.  Therefore, a requirement has three attributes:It has a description of what the customer wants or …

Mobile Enterprise – Beyond the Fundamentals

Guest post by Dan Eckert In my last post about going mobile in the enterprise I talked about some fundamentals for going mobile in your business. In brief, I said there were three things you should know about mobile in the enterprise as you move forward: Things are moving so fast that choosing a software platform is more critical than which hardware you should buy. Mobile innovation is no longer being driven by the enterprise; […]

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Scientific Management 2.0

I would normally just ignore stuff like Adam Deane’s blog on last week’s IRM conferences, but couldn’t help tweeting a reaction, and then another. I don’t really want to start a flame war, but just got offended by his personal attacks.
Having said that, I would like some comments on my “BPM = […]